Drawing — Thomas Chippendale Senior — ca.1738-ca.1776

An ornate design for a four-poster bedstead. The headboard is decorated with rococo ornament and tassels. The canopy has rococo ornament, a cusped edging hung with tassels, and drapery with an elaborate finial supporting a crown. The front posts differ in design, the right hand being hung with drapery, the left exposed to show a column in neo-classical style.